Knit the Town Red

Lesley Fudge, the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal Manager for Warminster, is asking anyone who can knit or crochet to support her in ‘yarn bombing’ the town in the two weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday. She asked for the Council’s Town Development Committee’s approval of this project, which she would like to continue for the next two years for the duration of the WWI centenary commemorations.
Yarn bombing involves knitting or crocheting poppies which can be attached to objects in the town, such as lampposts or benches. The idea is to highlight the Remembrance Day parade route with as many poppies as possible.
Lesley also wants to embroider the names of all those listed on Warminster’s war memorial onto labels with poppies to attach to the memorial bench.
The committee voted unanimously in favour of this project, with Councillor Paul Macfarlane saying “this is a fantastic idea and will be great for the town, who have always shown such support for the remembrance commemorations”.
Copies of the knitting and crochet patterns can be found on the Town Council’s Facebook page or can be picked up from the Civic Centre.